WOLVERENE OR GLUTTON.— 6^/0 Luscus. 



The Wolveeene, more popularly known by the name of the Glutton, has 

 earned for itself a world-wide reputation for ferocity. 



Voracious it certainly is, having been known to consume thirteen pounds of 

 meat in a single day, and it is probable that if the animal had been living in a 

 Avild state it could have eaten even a larger amount of food. It was said by the 

 older naturalists to prey upon deer, which it killed by cunningly dropping on the 

 ground a heap of the moss on which the deer feeds, and then climbing upon a 

 branch which overhung the spot. As soon as the deer passed beneath the tree, 

 the Glutton was said to leap upon its shoulders, and to cling there until it had 

 brought the deer to the ground. This and similar tales, however, rest on no good 

 foundation. 



The Wolverene is an inhabitant of Northern America. Siberia, and of a great 

 part of Northern Europe. 



